Description of the attraction
Petrus Brovka (Pyotr Ustinovich Brovka) is an outstanding Belarusian writer, poet, statesman. Pyotr Ustinovich was born on June 12, 1905 into a peasant family. He has come a long way from a peasant boy who graduated from a parish school to a deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, creator and editor-in-chief of the Belarusian Soviet Encyclopedia.
Energetic, principled, honest and assertive in life, Petrus Brovka wrote surprisingly soft, lyrical poetry. How the muse came to him, he himself did not realize what he openly admitted in his poems. Petrus Brovka published a large number of collections of poems, poems, several novels. Their names themselves speak of a beautiful and noble content: "To the native shores", "The arrival of a hero", "By the paths of the forest", "Nadya-Nadeyka".
In 1980, after the death of the writer, according to the Decree of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus dated July 10, 1980 No. 256 "On the perpetuation of the memory of the BSSR people's poet P. U. Brovka (Petrus Brovka)", a state literary museum was created in his apartment in Minsk. The museum organizes not only excursions, but also literary contests for children and adults, telling about the life of the poet, about Belarusian poetry and literature. The museum conducts a great educational work among the younger generation.
The museum is located at st. K. Marx, 30. This building, built by the architect G. Guy at the end of the 19th century, is in itself an architectural masterpiece of the Art Nouveau style.
